This rune matrix was basically a plain with few trees, there was nothing unusual about the terrain or even some elevation. It was flat terrain and that was good for us, this terrain is easily Moldovan by earth element mages my plans to build a defensive structure started without a big problem, most students and leaders couldn't find an argument to oppose my plans.
After I discussed what construction the earth element mages would do with Ingredi, Amael and Vonin. The fort is very simple, but I believe it will be very useful for us.
Unfortunately, my idea of making a lava river around the fort was rejected when Amael said he was not able to maintain the lava river for a long period of time, it seems that even after making lava, Amael still has to infuse the lava with the energy of his fire element to keep him warm, that's the reason he likes to trap his targets in the lava, it's very easy and fast to pull his fire element out of the lava and so he creates a hard rock that traps his enemies.
Amael's Lava is much more of a clever trick than a complex one that compound element magic should be.
The fort turned out to be a small fort in the shape of a square, serialized by various traps and obstacles like a trench filled with wooden stakes and a river we created. Creating a river of water is very simple when you have three water elemental mages and a handful of warriors who have a water element seed, but it is still tiring for mages the three ran out of mana after creating the river already the warriors who contributed a little with the laugh and were completely discharged.
A warrior of the water element can easily create water, but they can only create a little water compared to how much a mage can make. After they've created enough water to fill a bucket the third time, the warriors have a hard time creating more water even though they still have a lot of elemental energy at their core.
When I paid close attention when the warriors and mages fill the river, I could see the difference between applying their elemental energy which is completely equal. Without mana the elemental energy of the warriors depends a lot on the water that is already around them and inside their body, when trying to create a large amount of water the warriors were getting dehydrated, their elemental energy was able to pick up moisture from the environment. around the warrior, but when this source ran out, the elemental energy takes the water from the warrior's body.
This is a very dangerous thing if a warrior uses a very powerful elemental art when he is in a bad situation, he could end up killing himself by dehydration. This is not only a danger to the water element guerrillas, I believe the fire element can also suffer because of this rule, fire can be basically pure energy it's a chance for a warrior to use his element to the point that he might end up sucking the heat out of the warrior's body is basically impossible m, I still feel a bit scared thinking about that kind of scenario.
I believe that a warrior of the wind or earth element does not suffer this kind of phenomenon when trying to use a lot of elemental energy to summon a large amount of your element, as both elements are in abundance around us especially the wind element, you are able to escape from land to sea, but it's very difficult to insulate yourself from the wind without killing yourself.
It seems that mages don't suffer from this affliction because by doing their magic the mana amplifies the ability to gather the element around them. I find it very difficult for a water element magician to get dehydrated when doing her magic, I believe I would have to force him to do his magic in an environment so dry that even a desert would look like a place with a lot of water.
But this is a good idea of how to trap a mage, deprive him of the element of the environment and force him to rely on his mana and body, which is a big blow for most mages who are incapable of doing and pure magic, without even an elemental energy. As I learned during my journey to ancient ruin, this type of magic is only used by large groups and magic is channeled through magical equipment, I believe many dust mages are capable of magic without elemental energy.
I didn't expect elemental energy to have this kind of character, I've been using it for a long time, but only now I could see this rule. But because of that I have another doubt, if the elemental energy of a gray core warrior is able to dry out the environment around him when he tries to cross his limit, what happens when a red core warrior or higher does that.
A warrior of those lips must have his elemental energy so strong that if he tries to use the water from his body he should die instantly and there should only be a mummy left in the warrior's place. Perhaps the strongest elemental energy follows another pattern of rules.
But returning to the fort still under construction I had the earth element mages use the earth taken to make the traps and obstacles to be used to require the fort. Even though it wasn't a lot of earth and it must be compacted, they were able to raise the fort a few inches.
This will help our archers and harm the elf archers, even if they use their aura to increase their reach by strengthening their bodies, they will tire faster than the elf defenders. My biggest problem is to strengthen the walls of the fort enough to withstand the bombardments of the mages, the warriors can damage the fort, but without a ram the force of their blows will be surpassed in the structure of the fort.
It's a shame that mages don't have a large amount of time to use their elemental energy to fortify walls. Even with the help of the warriors with the earth element the small fort is still too big for them to be able to make it evenly fortified, we had to choose some areas to be fragile just hope that not one of these arias is attacked by enemies.
While the warriors and mages of the water and earth elements were building, I made those who had other elements begin to destroy. I asked all of them to help me clearing all the trees around the fort, not why let our enemy have a cover in this matrix, even if there are few trees, they have enough to be able to hide some enemies.
With everything working properly, I not only consumed building the fort but also made the students' relationship improve, there is nothing better to unite these nobles than a project aimed at protecting them from their enemies.
I doubt some of them think the elves will let them out of ecclesiastical depot to fight them, the only other option is to flee, but in doing so these nobles will suffer great punishment from their own families. That option will stain the noble's reputation in his family.
Majority of families would prefer that they be hurt and fail the test than running away is to tarnish their reputation and for achieving this the family's reputation will also be tarnished by the act of cowardice that will be seen and recorded by dozens of examiners, and probably spread to all. noble circles in the southern region of the kingdom. People love the opportunity to humiliate others, especially if their family member was there and paid an honorable amount.
It is this and the characteristic of the nobles that I will use for my final plan to work, at this moment the test is at an impasse the leaders awaited the arrival of the last leader who was still hidden to see if the balance of power enters the elf faction and the alliance would be affected. With my presence the final conflict will approach more quickly and any other test event will begin, but I have a slightly different plan.
As there are already a considerable number of students here and maybe more of them will arrive in the next hours or days, I intend to gather them all into a small army and using that army to defeat the elves is to end this exam. Obviously, I will be blacklisted and whoever joins me will have the same penalty, but the main point of it is that penalized students are not expelled and there is no mention of penalty points, they are just blacklisted and so on. they become a target for the other students.
But when several students are blacklisted, they are not simply targets but a new faction that doesn't need to follow the rules that are helping the elves, without having to worry about the limit of members I can have with me through the maze the elves lose the numerical advantage. And my numerical advantage will be much more effective than they have now.
By using the fear of failing and being branded as an honorless coward I believe that I can join these nobles into a team, even if it means being penalized on the test, but the key to this succeeding is having Sindri and maybe Soran on my side with their help will be much easier to bring the other noble students together.